TIL The first man to finish the 1904 Olympic marathon rode in a car half the race. The actual winner had to be carried across the finish line after his coaches gave him a mix of brandy, eggs and strychnine. 4th place stole 2 peaches from a spectator, ate rotten apples from an orchard and took a nap.
The pure chaos of this race.
I would watch this movie.
Hell yeah!! I absolutely would! I would love to see a bit of the travels, travails and tribulations some went through just to get there! And then follow mime running / rat poison & eggnog guy; starving / cut down suit / stole peaches / rotten apple nap time guy (he could be a whole movie on his own!); drove half the course in a car / pretended to win but just for jokes dude and would have done better but was chased a mile off course by wild dogs man?!? Maybe a quick check in on massive internal injuries due to dust inhalation fella?? Also I want to know about intentional dehydration man!?! Was that really the best time to test your theories on intentional dehydration?? I mean, I guess it was but WTF?!?
It sounds like some old timey story as reminisced by grampa simpson